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RNA-based Methods for Body Fluid and Cell Type Identification

DNA profiling provides significant information about the victim or perpetrator associated with a particular crime scene.

24 Nov 2020

Detecting Illicit Drug Use From your Fingerprints

Fingerprints can now be used as a tool to detect the presence of illicit drugs that have been consumed by the individual.

24 Nov 2020

How are Microbes used to Restore Degraded Soil?

This article discusses how microbes could help to restore the degraded soil which would subsequently bring about an enhancement in agricultural production.

24 Nov 2020

What are Humanized Immune System Models?

The need to develop the modeling of human diseases to understand their mechanisms has led scientists to introduce the concept of “humanizing” mice.

24 Nov 2020

Could CRISPR be used to Create New Species?

CRISPR is a genre of DNA sequences found in prokaryotes from bacteriophages that had previously invaded the species or strain.

23 Nov 2020

Fluorescence Spectroscopy: An Overview

The optical emissions of chemical compounds can be studied by the use of photoluminescence spectroscopy.

23 Nov 2020

Dangers of Ibuprofen and Chiral Class Drugs

Ibuprofen was the first propionic acid derivative introduced as an analgesic and antipyretic for general use and as an alternative to Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid).

23 Nov 2020

What are the differences between B and T Cells?

B and T cells are generic terms for families of similar lymphocytes that are the core of adaptive immunity.

23 Nov 2020

Role of Chemokines and Cytokines in Health and Disease

Human disease etiology is complex, many diseases are a result of defects in cellular pathways especially with animal cell signaling being notoriously fickle.

20 Nov 2020

What is Food Microbiology?

There is a pressing need to understand how best to produce, supply, and maintain food requirements for such a rapidly growing population.

20 Nov 2020

Sustainable Soil Management and the Role of Spectroscopy

Spectroscopy plays a significant role in sustainable soil management. Read here to learn how sustainable soil management is as critical for future food production as it is for life on Earth.

From Avantes BV 20 Nov 2020

Applications for Optical Spectroscopy in Life Science

In the realm of life science research and clinical instrumentation, optical spectroscopy and sensing play critical roles in a variety of areas.

From Avantes BV 20 Nov 2020

How do Crops Get Lost to Pests?

Maintaining food security is a challenge in a world-changing at such a fast pace, with environmental alterations threatening the sustainability of crop systems.

20 Nov 2020

Could CRISPR be Used to Revive Extinct Species?

The prospect of extinct species once again roaming the earth has always been a science fiction fantasy.

19 Nov 2020

Antisense Technology in Drug Discovery

The concept of antisense oligonucleotide technologies is based on blocking mRNA activity, leading to specific inhibition of undesirable gene expression.

18 Nov 2020

How does Increasing Drug Resistance affect Drug Discovery?

Drug resistance is the genetic evolution of microorganisms and cancers to avoid elimination by drugs.

18 Nov 2020

What is Antisense Technology?

Antisense technology is a new and promising tool for controlling gene expression in a cell.

12 Nov 2020

Applications of Chemoattractants

Chemoattractants are small soluble molecules which have been widely used in research to aid the investigation of cell motility.

12 Nov 2020

Light Microscopy Techniques in Virology: An Overview

Advances in light microscopy techniques and labeling approaches have allowed for much greater flexibility in terms of experimental capabilities within virology research

From Andor Technology Ltd. 6 Nov 2020